Zone 3 (Pool O) - Day 3 Nigeria and Niger clinch tickets to the final round of Men's World Champs Qualifier

31 October 2013

Niamey, Niger, October 27, 2013- Nigeria Men's volleyball team claimed the gold medal of the 2014 FIVB Men's World Championship Zone 3 (Pool O) qualification tournament after they took over Burkina Faso 3-0 (28-26, 25-20-25-11) in the third and final day of the qualifier held in Niamey, Niger on Thursday.

Nigeria finished the 4 Nation tournament with a clean sheet of 3-0 with 9 points, while Burkina dropped to 0-3 to finish fourth.

Dark horses Niger team claimed a crucial victory against the experienced Ghana team in epic tiebreaker 3-2 (25-22, 17-25. 25-14, 14-25, 15-9) to join Nigeria to the final tournaments of the qualifier to be held in January and February 2014.

Niger improved their win- loss ratio to 2-1 with 6 points, while Ghana dropped to 1-2 with 4 points.

Now Nigeria will be grouped in Pool 1 of the finals to be held in Cameroon, while Niger will join Pool 3 in Tunisia.